The statistic displays the number of returned foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017. As of 2017, the number of returned foreign terrorist fighters in Belgium had reached a total of 123. The majority of the returned fighters came back to Belgium at the beginning of the five year period. The number of returned foreign terrorist fighters peaked in 2014, with over 40 fighters returning that year. In consequent years, the number of returnees dwindled to four returned fighters in 2017.
Number of returned foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017
The source adds: "According to Belgian authorities, a FTF is a Belgian resident (but not necessarily of Belgian nationality), aged 12 or more, that has joined or attempted to join a terrorist organisation abroad (thus individuals that joined
Kurdish militias that are not listed as terrorist groups, for instance, would not be included in the FTF list). A “returnee” is an individual on the FTF list who went to Iraq/Syria and has left the fighting area. By including all residents, but also accounting for underage fighters, Belgium has rather inclusive criteria compared to some other countries. It also started compiling data on FTF in a systematic manner, earlier than any other European country."
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Egmont Institute. (February 6, 2018). Number of returned foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/869518/number-of-returned-foreign-terrorist-fighters-in-belgium/
Egmont Institute. "Number of returned foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017." Chart. February 6, 2018. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869518/number-of-returned-foreign-terrorist-fighters-in-belgium/
Egmont Institute. (2018). Number of returned foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/869518/number-of-returned-foreign-terrorist-fighters-in-belgium/
Egmont Institute. "Number of Returned Foreign Terrorist Fighters (Ftf) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017." Statista, Statista Inc., 6 Feb 2018, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869518/number-of-returned-foreign-terrorist-fighters-in-belgium/
Egmont Institute, Number of returned foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/869518/number-of-returned-foreign-terrorist-fighters-in-belgium/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of returned foreign terrorist fighters (FTF) in Belgium from 2013 to 2017 [Graph], Egmont Institute, February 6, 2018. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/869518/number-of-returned-foreign-terrorist-fighters-in-belgium/
